I like #Nix, I do not like what has happened to it. #NixOS is an incredible technology and it deserves better. Nobody else has started the process so I guess I have to be the one to do it. We are forking. I would rather try and fail alongside all the people who love Nix but were pushed away from the...
I just saw the news of the soft fork announcement over on the IceShrimp instance and thought I should share here
I'm not sold on the name, but I'm definitely interested in the fork. I think there is an irreconcilable schism in the NixOS community that cannot be fixed unless the Benevolent Dictator steps down as leader, and it sure seems like he's not gonna do that, as he's built his entire company on top of NixOS.
We'll see exactly what this means. But I would love if it means that the project manages to continue without the huge amount of confusion and disruption that would come from forks fighting for becoming the canonical source.